Hobbs Parker Property Consultants LLP

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Practice profile

Hobbs Parker Property Consultants offers the full range of specialist Town Planning Consultancy advice to clients, in private and public sectors, throughout the South East of England.

The Practice ethos is to provide the highest quality independent and impartial professional advice in a manner tailored to the specific individual requirements of clients, with projects ranging from individual houses to major developments, and residential developments of 1000 houses or more.

At a time of particularly rapid change, in both planning legislation and planning policy guidance, the Practice prides itself on providing the most up to date service possible, and on providing proactive advice to its clients on the implications of these changes for them.

Range of Professional Services & Special Areas of Expertise

Our range of professional services includes:

~ Applications for planning permission. ~ Applications for Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent.

~ Submission of sites and representations on Local Plans across the South East through to site allocation.

~ Applications for all types of Prior Approval [including agricultural to residential (Class Q) and offices to residential (Class O)].

~ Design and Access Statements. ~ Development Appraisals. ~ Development Briefs. ~ Planning Appeals. ~ Certificates of Lawfulness. ~ Enforcement Notice Appeals. ~ Applications for Advertisement Consent. ~ Advice on interpretation of Planning Permissions & Planning Conditions ~ Section 106 Agreements. ~ Instructions through direct professional access to specialist QCs/Barristers for legal advice on planning matters.

Our specialist sectors of expertise include:

~ Residential development including affordable housing. ~ Industrial, Commercial and Retail development. ~ Educational development. ~ Recreational development. ~ Solar developments. ~ Agricultural buildings, new agricultural dwellings and rural diversification. ~ Development in the Green Belt. ~ Leisure development including nightclubs, Public Houses, restaurants and motor racing circuit proposals. ~ Equestrian projects including riding schools & stud farms.

Local & Strategic Planning: Community Plans

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Plan Representation

Local & Strategic Planning: EIP (Examination in Public)

Local & Strategic Planning: Green Belt

Local & Strategic Planning: Minerals Local Plans

Local & Strategic Planning: Sub-regional Planning

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Briefs

Local & Strategic Planning: Local Plans

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Plan Monitoring

Local & Strategic Planning: Statements of Community Involvement

Local & Strategic Planning: Core Strategies

Local & Strategic Planning: Planning Strategies

Conservation: Conservation Areas

Conservation: Historic Towns / Sites

Conservation: Listed Buildings

Conservation: Rural Conservation

Conservation: Urban Conservation

Legal: Advocacy

Legal: Appeals

Legal: Judicial Review

Legal: Licensed Access to the Bar

Legal: Public Inquiries

Countryside & Environment: Coastal Planning

Countryside & Environment: Renewable Energy Sources

Countryside & Environment: AONB (Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty)

Countryside & Environment: Strategic Environmental Appraisals

Countryside & Environment: Environmental Statements

Countryside & Environment: Rural Regeneration

Countryside & Environment: Tree Preservation Orders

Countryside & Environment: Countryside Access Strategies

Countryside & Environment: Green Belt

Agriculture: Option Agreements

Agriculture: Planning & Development

Agriculture: Development Viabilities

Agriculture: Development Applications

Agriculture: Agricultural Developments

Agriculture: Barn Conversions

Agriculture: Diversification

Agriculture: Estates

Agriculture: Farms

Agriculture: Horticulture

Agriculture: Liveries

Agriculture: Small Holdings

Business: Advertisements / Canopies / Blinds

Business: Business and Science Parks

Business: Change of Use

Business: Car Parking / Access

Business: Enforcement

Business: Extensions / Alterations of Premises

Business: Lawful Development Certificates

Business: New Premises

Business: Working from Home

Business: Offices

Design: Urban Design

Economic Development: Development Strategies

Economic Development: Funding Applications

Economic Development: Feasibility Studies

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Neighbourhood Development Plans

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Public Participation

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Schools / Community Buildings

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Village/Town Appraisals

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Village Design Statements

Health Planning: Health Centres

Health Planning: Nursing Homes

Housing: Affordable Housing

Housing: Appeals

Housing: Applications

Housing: Boundaries / Curtilage

Housing: Car Parking

Housing: Housing Needs Studies

Housing: House Extensions

Housing: Objections

Housing: Residential Developments

Housing: Social Housing

Housing: Housing Design Layout

Industrial: Light Industry

Industrial: Minerals / Aggregates / Extraction

Industrial: Oil & Gas

Industrial: Telecommunications

Industrial: Mobile Phone Masts

Industrial: Utilities

Industrial: Waste Disposal

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Expert Witness

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Planning Gain

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Section 106 Agreements

Research: Viability and Planning Assessments and Inquiries

Research: Feasibility Studies

Research: Land Availabiltiy Studies

Research: Research / Surveys

Research: Site Appraisals

Retail: Advertisements / Canopies / Blinds

Retail: Change of Use

Retail: Markets

Retail: Out of Town Sites

Retail: Shops

Retail: Supermarkets

Retail: Town Centres

Retail: Site Design Layout

Tourism & Leisure: Amusement Centres

Tourism & Leisure: Caravan Parks / Camping Sites

Tourism & Leisure: Cinemas

Tourism & Leisure: Golf Courses

Tourism & Leisure: Guest Houses / B&B

Tourism & Leisure: Fast Food / Take Away Outlets

Tourism & Leisure: Health Clubs

Tourism & Leisure: Hotels

Tourism & Leisure: Parks

Tourism & Leisure: Playing Fields

Tourism & Leisure: Public Houses

Tourism & Leisure: Restaurants

Tourism & Leisure: Tourism

Tourism & Leisure: Wildlife Centres / Zoos

Transport: Airports

Transport: Car Parks

Urban Regeneration: Brownfield Sites

Urban Regeneration: Compulsory Purchases

Urban Regeneration: Rural & Village Schemes

Minerals & Waste: Minerals/Aggregates Extraction

Minerals & Waste: Waste Recycling

Local Authority Services: Contracted Out Services

Enforcement: Appeals

Enforcement: Remedial Action

Renewable Energy: Solar Power

Employment: Offices